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Post by ianrichards » Thu Dec 14, 2017 6:54 pm

All casing panels are now insulated with ceramic board, but I seem to remember someone saying that the void space at the rear of the steam and mud tubes AND the space above the steam should be filled with a ceramic wool.
Is this advisable?
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Post by marinesteam » Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:46 pm

Pictures? Not necessarily to answer your question, just want to pictures :-)

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Post by cyberbadger » Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:29 pm

marinesteam wrote:Pictures? Not necessarily to answer your question, just want to pictures :-)
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Post by Mike Cole » Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:36 pm

ianrichards wrote:All casing panels are now insulated with ceramic board, but I seem to remember someone saying that the void space at the rear of the steam and mud tubes AND the space above the steam should be filled with a ceramic wool.
Is this advisable?
Thanks
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I do not know quite what you mean by the by the spaces you discribe but all of the out side walls need to be insulated. Also any space that is not a space for the flow of the flame should be filled in. In this type of boiler this means on the out side of the downcommers.
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Post by ianrichards » Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:58 pm

Would the downcomers be the pipes that connect the two tubes?
If so, then I understand what you mean and will fill in those spaces.
I’m pretty sure that we are talking about the same area.
Will try and post some pictures of work in progress
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Post by ianrichards » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:09 pm

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Post by marinesteam » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:14 pm

Thumbs up!

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Post by Mike Cole » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:33 pm

ianrichards wrote:Would the downcomers be the pipes that connect the two tubes?
If so, then I understand what you mean and will fill in those spaces.
I’m pretty sure that we are talking about the same area.
Will try and post some pictures of work in progress
Thanks guys
Yes all of that empty space can be filled with insultation,
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Post by cyberbadger » Fri Dec 15, 2017 1:03 am

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Post by TahoeSteam » Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:34 am

That's a very nice looking boiler indeed!
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